Niagara County to close landfill July 3
LOCKPORT – Niagara County will be leaving the landfill business as of July 3.The Refuse Disposal District board, comprising county legislators, voted unanimously Monday to stop accepting waste at the...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda Council OKs EMS contract for concerts
NORTH TONAWANDA – The North Tonawanda Common Council approved an emergency medical service agreement Tuesday with Twin City Ambulance for the upcoming summer concert series in Gratwick Park, which...
View ArticleAdvisers to Erie County’s jails cite Monroe County’s inmate...
An advisory board tasked with recommending improvements for Erie County’s jails is looking to Monroe County for ways replicate successful general education diploma and job-training programs at the...
View ArticlePopeyes restaurant coming to Elmwood
Popeyes chicken is coming to Buffalo.The popular fast-food supplier of Southern fried chicken, as well as seafood, will be located near Home Depot and Aldi, the grocery chain that owns the property...
View Article‘Hiring Our Heroes’ job fair to be held today in armory
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is hosting a job fair today for veterans and military spouses. More than 60 employers, ranging from bigger businesses to small companies, are seeking workers of all ranks...
View ArticleLackawanna driver seriously injured in Brant crash
A Lackawanna man was seriously injured shortly after midnight Wednesday when his car left the road, rolled over and struck a pole on Erie Road in the Town of Brant, the Erie County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleThree men plead guilty to home-invasion charges
Three men accused of binding a homeowner and his wife with duct tape and brandishing a revolver during a Buffalo home invasion in December have pleaded guilty to first-degree burglary and robbery...
View ArticleFrontier school board cuts teachers, staff, draws criticism
The Frontier School District budget ax fell hard Tuesday night - hitting at least 24.8 full-time equivalent teachers and support staff for next year as part of the district’s $73.2 million budget.It...
View ArticleSovran Self Storage raises earnings forecast
Sovran Self Storage hiked its earnings forecast for this year by a little more than 1 percent after the Williamsville self-storage facility operator reduced its interest expense by $4.1 million a year...
View ArticleClarence High senior killed in ‘horrific’ motorcycle accident
An 18-year-old Clarence High School senior was killed in a “horrific” crash Wednesday morning after he fled from a state trooper who had stopped his motorcycle a short time earlier, police and...
View ArticleHigh bacteria closes Krull Park Beach
OLCOTT – Krull Park Beach on Lake Ontario is closed until further notice because of high bacteria levels in the water, the Niagara County Health Department announced today.This is the first closure of...
View ArticlePedestrian killed on Niagara Falls Blvd.
An Amherst pedestrian was struck and killed on Niagara Falls Boulevard Wednesday morning, authorities reported.The woman was crossing east to west at the intersection of Willowridge Road, when a...
View ArticleSeven Bennett students arrested
Seven Bennett High School students were arrested overnight for allegedly roughing up a city employee on May 16 at Shoshone Park, Mayor Byron W. Brown and Police Commissioner Daniel Derenda said...
View ArticleAmherst Town Board downsizing discussion moved to Senior Center
Tonight’s discussion on Town Board downsizing in Amherst will be held at 6 p.m. at the Amherst Senior Center, 350 Audubon Pkwy.The forum was previously scheduled to be held at the Amherst Public...
View ArticlePro-life group sues UB for allowing its demonstration to be disrupted
A national pro-life group claims the University at Buffalo looked the other way during an on-campus counter protest that turned ugly.The group, in a suit filed in U.S. District Court in Buffalo,...
View ArticleNiagara Blower sold to company based in Sweden
Niagara Blower, a maker of specialized industrial heat transfer and air conditioning systems that dates to 1904, has been acquired by Sweden-based Alfa Laval.Niagara Blower will keep its name, its...
View ArticleDepew School District causes stir with switch of child care providers
The Depew School District’s decision to switch providers for its School-Age Child Care Program after almost 20 years has concerned parents and stripped an area day care center of a third of its...
View ArticleHigh bid for Cargill elevator may not be enough for owner
The high bidder for the Cargill Pool Grain Elevator, adjacent to Gallagher Beach, outbid at least three others by offering $475,000 at auction Wednesday.But the current ownership said that may not be...
View ArticleSpringville Chrysler dealership sold
A Chrysler dealership in Springville has changed ownership.Carl Emerling and his son, Evan, have acquired Bob Johnson Motors, which sells Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram vehicles, at 195 W. Main St....
View ArticleDepew woman admits selling prescription painkillers
A 46-year-old Depew woman on Wednesday admitted illegally selling prescription painkillers, including one time near a school.Debra Piatek, of Penora Street, admitted selling Suboxone pills to an...
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